cylindrical

1. 1.

   having the form of a cylinder

   Synonymscylindric

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Questions about cylindrical

What does cylindrical mean?

cylindrical means "having the form of a cylinder".

How many syllables are in cylindrical?

cylindrical has 4 syllables: cy-lin-dri-cal. The stress falls on "lin". In IPA it is /səˈlɪndɹɪkəl/.

What is another word for cylindrical?

Close synonyms include cylindric. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cylindrical a common word?

cylindrical is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.